Sarah picked me up at nine o'clock as we had to be at filming for ten. We got to the hall half an hour before the band, so we were able to start setting up and planning out the first shots and the briefing of the band. Sarah printed out a planning schedule for each band member. By the time the band arrived we had set up all the camera's and had a short time left for planning whilst the band set up the stage. We considered the time that the band would need before starting, and on the planning schedule estimated that we would start at eleven o'clock. This was very accurate, as the band was all set up by eleven. I made another shot list which coincided with the one previously made by Sarah. I thought this was necessary as we were able to gain more idea's once the band had set up and we were able to see what the actual stage set up with the band looked like. The band progressively showed much enthusiasm as we were able to discuss our ideas with them as well.
We took it in turns to use the two camera's and, once charged, we were able to use a third camera's which was kindly borrowed from a friend of Lucy's. To start of with, we looked at doing longer shots of the whole band, using the tri pods in order to determine a steady shot. We used two at the same time so as to get two different shots, one possible closer and at a lower angle, whilst the other focused on particular band members. After a going through the song three times, we decided to hand hold the camera's on stage, getting variety of shots. Whilst holding the camera's we focused on tracking, mid and close up shots of the band. For many of my shots, I filmed continuously, without cutting, throughout the song as we would be able to cut up these scene and would get more movement and a greater variety of shots. Sarah focused more on Wolfie, the main vocalist, and Tim, the guitar soloist, whilst I centralised on the bass, electric guitarists as well as the drummer.I felt this worked well, and it was very practical using two camera's as we were able to get double the footage.
The band went through the song roughly six times. We did not feel it necessary for them to continue playing the song all the way through when we could get shots of the musicians playing using just the beginning or last part of the song. It was important that we were able to shoot Wolfie singing the song all the way through as we need to sink his miming to the recording. We discussed with the band whether or not they should do a live performance or for Wolfie to mime. Wolfie showed a preference to a live performance, believing we will be able to cut it correctly, however, this may not be as accurate as if he was miming to the actual recording, as the timing would vary. We were advised by Mr Sheppard, who arrived on set for half an hour to check how we were progressing, that it was important for Wolfie to mime along with the track for the close up shots, as this would be the most accurate method. The instrumental was not as important, it was the lip sinking that we were most concerned about. As a compromise, they played live, but used an I pod with the recording on and turned their instruments down in order to hear the track and ensure that they were in time.
I found that the band were very co operative when it came to the photo shot. They seemed very eagar to hear our ideas and also pitched their own ideas. We wanted to produce creative and unique stills, which are keeping in their genre and considering the researching previously found. I wanted a shot which can convey their closeness as a band, a reassurance for the audience, which is very important for bands, especially new ones. Wolfie needed to stand out to a certain extent as he is the leader of the band, and he enjoys this role.
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